Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Global Payments Platform

Capital One; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 209,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Full Stack Engineer 5 to lead a portfolio of distributed systems and mentor engineers. You’ll shape architecture, drive platform roadmaps, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions.

You’ll work across Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, and TypeScript, with AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high reliability and performance for millions of users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience; internship excluded.
• 3+ years of experience with major public cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of projects and a team of developers across microservices and full-stack systems.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions with strong reliability.
• Mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and define platform roadmaps.
• Design and implement scalable distributed systems using Java, Scala, Python, Go, and JS/TS.

Skills

Java

Scala

Python

Go

Node.js

JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Full Stack Engineer 5 to lead a portfolio of distributed systems and mentor engineers. You’ll shape architecture, drive platform roadmaps, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions.

You’ll work across Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, and TypeScript, with AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high reliability and performance for millions of users.